Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development: A Comparative Perspective on Entrepreneurs, Universities and Governments

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Preface Introduction entrepreneurs, universities and governments Note References PART I: Entrepreneurship and its frames 1. Entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur and the territory: an introduction 1 Introduction 2 The stage 3 On entrepreneurship 4 The entrepreneur 5 A collective perspective of entrepreneurship 6 The role of the context: the territory and the economic system 7 Conclusions Notes References 2. Are anchor institutions the answer to the prayers of small business owners in the UK? 1 Introduction 2 Anchor institutions 3 Management and leadership skills in small 4 The anchor institution model in the UK: an overall assessment 5 Conclusions Notes References 3. Comparative analysis of innovation policy and market quality: lessons from Russia and Japan 1 Introduction 2 Why innovation policy governmentalized in Russia 3 Characteristics of Russian innovation 4 The Japanese innovation policy for a comparative analysis 5 Market quality and market players as innovation determinants 6 Conclusion Notes References 4. Different types of informal entrepreneurs in fragile ‘transitional’ contexts: case-based evidence in Russia 1 Introduction 2 Literature overview 3 ‘Simpletons’, ‘marginals’, ‘stars’ and ‘cynics’: four types of entrepreneurs 4 Data and method 5 Findings 6 Conclusions, recommendations, and limitations of the research Acknoweldgements References 5. Re-stimulating Chinese entrepreneurship through the mixed ownership reform 1 Introduction 2 The concept of entrepreneurship and innovation 3 The government regulation and market access for/against private enterprises in China 4 The lagging development of factors of production marketization inhibits entrepreneurship 5 Discussion on the possible market path of the mixed ownership reform triggered by the “Bao-Wan Zhizheng” 6 Conclusion and discussion: promoting mixed ownership reform and stimulating entrepreneurship Notes References 6. Determinants of the internationalization of Chinese enterprises: evidence from firm-level survey data 1 Introduction 2 Literature review 3 Internationalization of Chinese enterprises 4 Impacts on OFDI mode of Chinese 5 Impacts on the performance of OFDI 6 Conclusion and recommendations Acknowledgements Notes References 7. Managerial quality, business liberalization and corruption: the case of Turkey 1 Introduction 2 Related literature 3 Why Turkey today? 4 The empirical model 5 Estimation results 6 Conclusions Notes References PART II Entrepreneurship, universities and governments 8. Innovation modes and knowledge relations: the learning match between university and enterprises from 1 Introduction 2 Knowledge sources, innovation modes and collaboration drivers – a theoretical approach 3 Methods 4 University driven STI relations 5 University driven DUI relations 6 Enterprise-driven STI relations 7 Enterprise-driven DUI relations 8 Strengths and weaknesses in the knowledge relations – discussion and conclusion Notes References 9. Creative workers in Europe: is it a reserve of the ‘Would-Be Entrepreneurs’? A cross country comparison 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical and methodological foundation: how can we measure creative and innovative capability in the workplace? 3 Types of workplaces in European comparison: visible country differences 4 Share of types of workplaces by occupations 5 Types of workplaces: sector differences 6 Relations between entrepreneurship attitudes and types of workers: a country group comparison 7 Lessons and future plans Acknowledgements Notes References 10. Graduate entrepreneurship support: what higher education institutions do, and how government can support them. Lessons from Hungary and Ireland 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Method applied in the country reviews of Ireland and Hungary 4 Analysis of findings 5 Targeted start-up support services 6 Conclusions Study visits and survey data HEInnovate – a guiding framework for the entrepreneurial and entrepreneurial higher education institution Notes References 11. The effect of government intervention on entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from China 1 Introduction 2 Literature review 3 Model specification and data 4 Empirical result 5 Conclusion Notes References Part III The territory as context 12. The role of a local university in regional development: the case of Regensburg 1 Introduction 2 Related work 3 Data and descriptives 4 Results 5 Conclusions Notes References 13. Academic spin-offs and the innovative city: universities’ role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Boston 1 Introduction 2 Urban entrepreneurship and university spin-offs 3 University spin-offs and Boston 4 Exploration 5 Insights and conclusion Note References 14. Native and immigrant entrepreneurship: costs of doing business and local liabilities 1 Introduction 2 Literature review: liabilities and the costs of doing business abroad 3 Chinese immigrant entrepreneurship as an empirical context 4 A case of interaction between native and immigrant entrepreneurship 5 Towards a theory on local liabilities 6 Conclusions References Conclusion: the triple helix, social impacts and beyond Index